The+Tea+Acts+and+The+Boston+Tea+Party

__**I SEE**__ -boxes in the water -indians -crowd cheering -men holding a guy -people pouring tea off of the ships in the back __**IT MEANS**__ -boxes of tea were thrown in the water -on the boat throwing the boxes of tea in the water -they are probably happy that the indians are doing this -he is covered in feathers and is being forced to drink tea -they are part of the BOSTON TEA PARTY

**__WHAT IS SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT BETWEEN EACH PICTURE?__** One similarity that I saw was that each picture had Indians in them either pouring tea into the water, or throwing boxes of tea into the water. One difference that I saw was that the first picture was a happy picture, because the Indians had snuck onto British ships and had gotten rid of all of the tea. But, the second picture is more of a sad picture because some British soldiers are torturing a colonist by putting tar and feathers on him, and forcing him to drink tea.

**__WHAT IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE ARTIST IN EACH PICTURE?__** In the first picture, I think that the artist's point if view is how great of a moment that the Boston Tea Party was, when the colonists first started to stand up to the British. In the second picture, I think that the artist was more sad because the British used to actually torture the colonists like that.

1.) ON DECEMBER 17TH, 1773 THE COLONISTS HAD A MEETING IN THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE. WHY DID THIS MEETING CONVENE?  Because they wanted to plot a plan of getting rid of the tea. (the Boston Tea Party)

2.) WHY DO YOU THINK THE COMMANDER REQUESTED NO DAMAGE TO THE SHIP?  Because they were only there to rid of the tea, not completely destroy everything.

3.) HEWES DECLARED, "LET EVERY MAN DO HIS DUTY, AND BE TRUE TO HIS COUNTRY." WHAT DUTY WERE THE "INDIANS" PREFORMING AND FOR WHAT COUNTRY? EXPLAIN. The duty that the "Indians" were preforming was getting rid of all of the tea, and they did it for America; their country. They did it because the British were taxing the colonists on tea and the colonists didn't want to pay the taxes, so they probably figured that they should show the British how they feel about the tax on tea.

4.) WHAT IS THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF THE COLONISTS DRESSING AS INDIANS? I think that the colonists dressed as indians because the British would have suspected something if they saw a group of colonists walking around. So they figured that the British would think that the "Indians" were harmless and innocent.

5.) WHAT MADE THE BOSTON TEA PARTY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FORMS OF COLONIAL PROTEST?  The Boston Tea Party was different because they actually invaded the British's ships and dumped their tea.

__ THE COERCIVE ACTS __ An act to stop shipping of goods, wares, and merchandise, at the town, and within the harbor, of Boston, in the province of Massachusetts' Bay. They wanted to close the bay until the colonists finally paid their taxes on tea, which wasn't good because the economy of colonial America basically ran on trade. The Coercive Act was a series of laws that included; the Boston Port Act, the Quartering Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Massachusetts Government Act. The Boston Port Act closed the port facilities in Boston until the city was going to reimburse the East India Company for the cost of destroyed tea in the Boston Tea Party. The Quartering Act was when the "Boston Whigs" attempted to quarter the troops in Castle William, rather than in Boston where they needed them. The Administration of Justice Act was when the British officials accused of crimes in the excecution of their duties in forming riots or collecting taxes in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Government Act just basically gave Parliament more power.